Day 06 - Clove
by hajeka

Comment by Arcanist:
How large is this thing in reality? It looks like it might be only an inch or so, maybe smaller. Excellent detail. Static macro that would probably get killed in a DPC challenge, but as a side challenge entry is superior. (Looks like a hot pixel on the center-left of the clove?)

Day 07 - Cauliflower
by hajeka

Comment by Arcanist:
Perfect focus, Perfect placement, Excellent detail. This really looks like a brain! I would be jumping about the image except that it is on that darn static black background that leaves it stark/void of any impact and the image suddenly goes from a potential super impacting 9-10 to a ho-hum 5.

As a macro however. I love it.

Day 11 - Old tape
by hajeka

Comment by scwalsh:
super sharp and great color saturation well done

Day 08 - Inside a tulip
by hajeka

Comment by Arcanist:
Ok, now. Do I love this? YES. Fill the frame, macro, flowers, complementary colors, perhaps abstract all a solid 7, possibly and 8 from me. What could be better? More sharp. Slightly more detail on the pollen (comes off muddy to me.) Perhaps a variant of lighting that casts a bit of shadow in an odd angle to the rest? Maybe more saturation? Not certain. Overall I feel good about it despite the wind oof.

Day 09 - Burning match
by hajeka

Comment by Arcanist:
I don't like it either. Too much noise in the flame, subject comes off bland and this would get killed in a challenge for flame or wood as little more than a 2-3 from me. That said, You've done well to get both the flame and the wood exposed properly, which I can never do.

Day 10 - Clothes pin
by hajeka

Comment by Arcanist:
Like the subject and that the coloration is complimentary. The pattern and crop work very well. Would love to see a tertiary complimentary color as the background, rather than black, but that's me. High marks for focus point and texture captured. Colors are too out of norm for a high finish with the voters, but would find a solid 6 from me in Abstract/household/Colors/patterns challenge. (Nitpick: Lower Left Green Pin has a white speck that anal people will subtract for.)

Day 11 - Old tape
by hajeka

Comment by Arcanist:
Great color reproduction. Super clarity in light and shadows. Crisp focus and nice crop. The dust on the black surface adds a great dimension to the whole. Impressed with DOF choice a lighting/exposure. A great macro capture for technicals. Would be hammered in challenges based on subject and a perceived lack of some redeeming underlying and unspoken message, but certainly a 6 from me in a Yellow, Rubber, Household or Tools challenge.

Day 10 - Clothes pin
by hajeka

Comment by hyperfocal:
sigh... nothing seems to be made out of wood anymore. I've never seen plastic clothes pins before, well they are colorful. Love how the colors work with the square format.

Day 08 - Inside a tulip
by hajeka

Comment by carofo:
the backlighting gives a feeling of sunset to this shot and the composition is perfect.

Day 07 - Cauliflower
by hajeka

Comment by carofo:
Looks like a brain to me, with the lower branch being the rachidian bulb root. Really interesting texture.